We are happy to share that the summer newsletter for the Rockaway Beach Improvement Association is now ready and published! Please click below to read it!
2013 Year in Review
Our association’s 2013 Year In Review is now available for your reading pleasure! The report provides an in-depth look at our organization for the year 2013.
Please CLICK HERE to access the Year in Review.
In Memory of Denise Woutila
It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share with everyone that our community lost a truly inspirational and giving resident — Denise Woutila.
Denise served as an Officer in the Rockaway Beach Improvement Association for seven years, as secretary and most recently as our Treasurer. Denise truly had a passion for making the world a better place, and for being an active participant in working to improve and preserve the place she called home.
We have draped the Rockaway Beach Community Sign in Pink to not only honor Denise Protani Woutila and her courageous battle with breast cancer, but to signify that that the Community of Rockaway Beach and Turkey Point mourn the loss of such a wonderful and truly amazing woman who touched each and every one of our lives and strived to make our community a better place!
We love and miss you Denise! Thank You for your service to our community and for touching our lives and inspiring us to be the best we can be! Click here for details on Arrangement for Denise and to read a statment from RBIA.
Farewell to “Otz” Kerby
The Rockaway Beach Community sufered a great loss during the month of November with the loss of lifelong resident, Frederick “Otz” Kerby after 93 years. Mr. Kerby devoted 65 years of service to the Rockaway Beach Volunteer Fire Department and was also a founding member of the Fire Department back in the 1950’s. Over those 65 years, he became a highly decoraded member of the department and was their oldest living member.
Mr. Kerby furthered his exemplary community service as a founding member of the Rockaway Beach Improvement Association Inc, in 1955. He was responsbile for a number of community projects during his time with the Improvement Association. Community service was clearly in Otz’s blood, as it was a passion of his which never waivered.
Mr. Kerby is survived by his relatives who continue the family legacy of service within the Rockaway Beach Volunteer Fire Department and continue to reside in Rockaway Beach, the place Otz refered to as his “own piece of paradise.”